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# Create an indicator group

# Create an indicator group {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 2 minutes to read

For convenience, you can organize related indicators into an indicator group. When
you configure some visualizations that show multiple indicators, you can specify an
indicator group instead of individual indicators.

## Before you begin

Role required: pa_admin, pa_power_user, or admin

## About this task

By creating indicator groups, you can organize indicators along whatever themes are most useful to you. The indicators do not have to be of the same type or share an indicator source or data collector job. Indicator groups save you the trouble of specifying multiple individual indicators when you configure the following objects:

* List widgets
* Time series widgets with the relative compare visualization
* Email notifications about indicators
* Security Incident Analytics treemaps
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After you create an indicator group, you can add indicators to the group or
remove them from the group. This change propagates to all objects that use the
indicator group, so you do not need to edit the configurations of the
objects.

## Procedure

1. Use one of the following navigation paths:
   * If you are on an upgraded instance that has not migrated to Platform Analytics, navigate to AllPerformance AnalyticsIndicatorsIndicator Groups and select New.
   * If you are on a new instance or have migrated to Platform Analytics, navigate to AllPlatform Analytics AdministrationIndicatorsIndicator Groups and select New.
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2. Click New.
3. Enter a Label for the indicator group.
4. Open the Additional actions menu (![Additional actions menu icon]()) and click Save.  
   The Indicators related list appears.
5. Click Edit on the Indicators related list and add indicators to the group.
6. Click Save to finish adding indicators, then Update to exit the Indicator Group record.

## Creating and using the 'Open and Resolved Incidents' indicator group

In this example, create an indicator group with all the indicators that refer to either open or resolved incidents. The incidents are all included with the demo data for Performance Analytics. After creating the indicator group, create a list widget that uses the indicator group and add the widget to a dashboard.

1. First, go to Performance AnalyticsIndicator Groups and click New. An empty Indicator Group form opens.
2. Give the indicator group the label <kbd class="ph userinput">Open and Resolved Incidents</kbd>, and save the form from the Additional actions menu.

   The Indicators related list appears at the bottom of the
   record.
3. Click Edit, which opens the Edit Members dialog. To group all the indicators that involve resolved or open incidents, add all the indicators with 'resolved' or 'open' in their name. Also add the Incident backlog growth indicator.

4. The indicator group is complete. Click Save in the Edit Members dialog and then Update on the indicator group record.
5. Now create a Performance Analytics List widget and specify the Open and Resolved Incidents indicator group.

6. To share the widget with other users, add it to the Incident Management dashboard.
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**Related tasks**   

* [Create a relative compare visualization for a time series widget](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/3TTUkw~zTLD_WvpPz75uMw "To show how the relative proportions of several indicators change over time, use a relative compare visualization for a time series.")
* [Create an email notification for indicators](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/LVS1qi9sAHH7rthNbcfvVA "Performance Analytics can automatically generate an email with the score, change %, target, and score-target gap % of one or more indicators.")  
**Related reference**   

* [List widgets](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/ZSVG8VDXxSVUy314QSb2lQ "List widgets show the scores of multiple indicators.")  
**Related topics**   

* [Create or update a treemap category (Security Incident Analytics)](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_DfnSvcImpctTmapDmn&version=xanadu&pubname=xanadu-security-management&ft:locale=en-US)

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